Apparatus for handling purse-seines



S. AKRE.

APPARATUS FOR HANDLING PURSE SEINES. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 25, 1920.

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1 Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed October 25, 1920. Serial no 419,38; i

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SALEMON AKRE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Seattle, county of King, and State of ashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for Handling Purse fiieines, of which the following is a specification. 7

My invention relates to apparatus. employed in handling purse seines to and'from the boats.

The object of my invention is to provide a device whereby the threading of the purse line within the purse rings may be more expeditiously performed and" with less labor and one which will in other ways facilitate the handling of the purse seine while taking it in and while running it out.

The features of my invention which I believe to be new and upon which I desire to obtain a patent will be hereinafter described and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings I have 1 shown my device embodied in the type of construction which I now prefer to use and one which illustrates the principle of my invention.

Figure 1 shows, in plan View, the general arrangement employed upon a boat in han dling the purse seine, together with my special apparatus.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same parts, showing the novel means I employ for handling thepurse rings and the purse line.

Fig. 3 is a vertical section taken through the standard of my apparatus.

' Fig. 4 is a cross section taken through the tubular finger upon which the purse rings are placed.

Fig. '5 showsan outer end view. of the standard and the finger which carries the ring-holding finger and'Fig. 6 is-a side view of one of the finger-supporting struts or braces. I

The usual plan of handling a purse seine when paying it out, is to thread the purse line through the rings of the seine by hand. This is a slow operation and interferes with the speed of handling of the seine. It also is laborious work and requires additional hands to do it. By my present invention the threading of the purse line through the purse rings is automatically accompllshed and the seine may therefore be run out as fast as it is possible to discharge it from the boat and haul it away. In consequence; the operation of the purse seine is much facilitated and speeded up and also a great deal of laborious hand labor is eliminated.

Tnthe drawings Fig. 1 illustrates a net being paid out from'a platform, as 1, which 15 mounted upon the stern of the boat"? as a turntable, the same being turnable about a central p1vot 10 and supported upon rollers 71 so that the seine may be fed olf from the boat toward either side or stern, or at any intermediate angle. This is at presenta standard equipment.

Mounted upon this turntable is a long fin ger or arm 2 which is supported entirely from one end and at such an elevation above the turntable as to enable it to conveniently receive and support the purse rings 3 of the purse net; This finger or arm is of a size to receive these rings and yet to permit free sliding of the rings thereupon so-that'when the net is paid out the net itself may pull the rings off of the finger.

The finger 2 is secured by one end to a supporting standard or frame 20. The length of this finger should be sufiicient to accommodate all of the rings of the net. It is, of course, possible to employ two of these lingers and to place substantially half of therings upon one finger and the other half upon the other finger, but where possible to do so, I prefer to employ one finger for holding all of therings, as this simplifies the work and avoids complication.

The ring holding ad storing finger or arm 2, is so constructed that the purse line 4 may be placed lengthwise of said finger and within the purse rings 3 and yet be supported out. of engagement with said rings so that, as the purse line is drawn out through the outer or unsupported end of the fingenit b will not engage with the rings so as to cause them toj be' drawn 0E. The rings 3 are t drawn from the finger by means of the lines 11 which connect them directly with the selne. draws the rings from this finger. They are, therefore, drawn off one at a time. As the purse line et is supported by the finger 2 and extends through all of the rings 3, it follows that as the net is paid out the purse line will be found within the rings.

For convenience in placing and removing the purse line the finger 2, as well as a por- It is the pull of the seine itself which upper end of the standard'which is in aline 'ment with this tube.

7 Therefore, when the tube is free of the purse rings, the purse line maybe passed through this slit in the tube. In taking in the net, the body there of is piled upon the turntable 1 and the rings as they come in'are threaded by hand upon .thefinger 2. J

In order to furnish a better 'support for the overhung body of the finger 2,1 may 7 a provide removable struts or braces 5., which are supported from the turntable and engage the lower side of the finger 2,.but .in such manner that they may be readily thrown down by the pull of the ring 3 which is next back therefrom asthe netis paid out. A suitable and prefererd typeof construction-for these struts is shownin Fig. 6 which consists of a bar provided with a saddle or seat 50 at its upper end and adapted toengage with the ring;carrying finger 2, andat its lower, end hingedly .connected with the turntable. A preferred typeof support for the lower end is a slotted inverted cup 51 in the slot ofiwhich is placed the rod, a collar 52. forming the supporting bearing and a knob 53 preventingremoval of the bar. As many struts of this sort may be provided as is desired. These will support the weight of the finger when the. latter isloaded with the rings and are readily removable by the. rings as these are drawn therefrom.

The finger 2 may be made by rolling a sheet of metal into tubular form of a size such that the edges thereof are separated a sufficient distance to provide theside opens ing 21 through which the purse line 4 may pass, or by cutting a slot from an ordinary tube. If it be desired to additionally strengthen this tube, a reinforcing web, as p 22 may be secured within the tube.

At the inner or supported end of the tube 2 I prefer toprovide one or more guide pulleys', as'23, so that the line may pass from this standard to a holding device such for instance, as a capstan head 6 whichis locatedat any convenient point on the deck,

- thereby. permitting application of powerto this work. The purse line, after. being drawn 111, is coiled as at 4 or otherwise end of the purse line is passed through the arm 2 and all of the rings carried thereby and then'secured to the net. As thenet is run out the purse line is thusdrawn into all the purse rings.-

By means of the abovedevice it is possible to satisfactorily run the net out as fast as it is possible to pull'it out by the boats or whatever means are employed for this purpose and to insure that the purse line is satisfactorily threaded through the rings.

r .Vhat I claim as-my invention is:

:1. A device for threadingpurse lines into purse seines comprising a tubular finger supported from one end and adapted to receive the pursing rings thereon and the purse line therein. V r 2. A device for threading purse linesinto purse seines comprising a tubular finger supported from one'end and-adapted to receive the pursingrings thereon and the purse line therein, and having a slot extending lengthwisethereof adapted to permit passage of the purse line.

3. 'A device for threadingpurse lines into purse seines comprising a tubular finger suping a slot in one side adapted to pass the purse line, said tube being of a size to freely pass the pursing rings thereover, and sup porting struts for the overhanging parts of said finger. adapted to-be disengaged there from by the pull of the pursingrings.

5. The method of threading pursinglines in seines which consists inassembling and supporting all the pursing rings together in alinement when piling thenet and supportingthe purse linewithinand independently of all of said rings, whereby the purse line may be drawn through the rings as the net is runout. I V

Signed at Seattle, Washington, this 18th day ofOctober, 1920. p a I y SALEMON AKREr 

